[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20842-20843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8931]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0196; FRL-8817-5]


Pirimicarb; Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide 
Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation of 
products containing the pesticide pirimicarb, pursuant to section 3 of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as 
amended. This cancellation order follows a February 21, 2004 expiration 
of conditional registrations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the 
products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in 
accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks 
provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective April 21, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olga Odiott, Registration Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 
(703) 308-9369; fax number: (703) 305-6920; e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of 
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human 
health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide 
users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, 
or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency 
has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be 
affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    EPA has established a docket for this action under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0196. Publicly available 
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the 
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, 
VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. 
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket 
Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    This notice announces the expiration of products registered under 
section 3 of FIFRA. This notice also serves as a cancellation order to 
provide for existing stocks of affected products. These registrations 
are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

               Table 1.--Pirimicarb Product Cancellations
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          EPA Registration Number                   Product Name
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100-1072                                    Pirimicarb Technical
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100-1073                                    Pirimidor 50-DF Insecticide
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit.

               Table 2.--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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100                                         Syngenta Crop Protection
                                             Inc.
                                            P.O. Box 18300
                                            Greensboro, NC 27419-8300
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III. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 3, EPA hereby announces the expiration of 
pirimicarb registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. The Agency 
considers the expiration of a time limited registration to be a 
cancellation under section 3 of FIFRA, for purposes of section 6(a)(1) 
of FIFRA. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the 
cancelled products identified in Table 1 of Unit II in a manner 
inconsistent with any of the Provisions for Disposition of Existing 
Stocks set forth in Unit IV will be considered a violation of FIFRA.

IV. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    1. The registrant may continue to sell or distribute existing 
stocks of pirimicarb products identified in Table 1 of Unit II with 
previously approved labeling until September 30, 2011.
     2. Persons other than the registrant may continue to sell or 
distribute existing stocks of pirimicarb products identified in Table 1 
of Unit II with previously approved labeling until such stocks are 
exhausted.
    3. Persons other than the registrant may use existing stocks of 
pirimicarb products identified in Table 1 of Unit II until existing 
stocks are exhausted. Any existing stocks must be used in a manner 
consistent with the previously approved labeling for that product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: April 1, 2010.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs

[FR Doc. 2010-8931 Filed 4-20-10; 8:45 am]
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